ROMANS 11:25-30

Sunday Morning:  November 26, 2006

Text:  Romans 11:25-30  For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.  26  And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:  27  For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.  28  As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.  29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.  30  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

ADDRESSING BRETHREN

Romans 11:25  For I would [present active, want] not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant [present active] of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness [hardness, from petrify] in part [of allotment] is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

ISRAEL APPOINTMENT

1 Peter 2:8  And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble [present active] at the word, being [the] disobedient [present active participle, the ones disobeying]: whereunto also they were appointed [aorist, passive].

RECEIVING CALLED GENTILES

Acts 15:14  Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take [received] out of them [Gentiles] a people for his name.

ISRAEL SHALL BE DELIVERED

Romans 11:26  And so all Israel shall be saved [future passive, delivered]: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer [present middle participle, the one delivering], and shall turn away [future active] ungodliness from Jacob (saved Jews):

SAVED IN THAT DAY

Zechariah 9:16  And the LORD their God shall save [deliver] them in that day as the flock of his people…

IN THAT DAY, KING

Zechariah 14:9  And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

GATHER THE ELECT OF ISRAEL

Mark 13:26-27  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.  27  And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect (Israelites) from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

AS IT IS WRITTEN

Isaiah 59:20  And the Redeemer [kinsman redeemer] shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn (repent) from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

HIS COVENANT WITH ISRAEL

Romans 11:27  For this is my covenant unto them (Israel), when I shall take away their (Israel) sins.

THE COVENANT WITH ISRAEL

Isaiah 59:21    As for me, this is my covenant with them (Israel, that turns from their transgression, v.20), saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

IN THAT DAY, FUTURE

Zechariah 12:9-10  And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.  10  And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

NEW COVENANT WITH ISRAEL

Hebrews 8:8, 10, 12  For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:  ….  10  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: … 12  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

CONCERNING THE GOSPEL

Romans 11:28  As concerning the gospel (of the kingdom), they (Israel) are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election (the remnant, v.5, Israelites), they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

PAUL’S WITNESS OF SALVATION

Acts 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

PAUL PREACHED ONE GOSPEL

Galatians 1:8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

Mark 1:14-15  Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,  15  And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel (of the kingdom).

POWER FOR THE ONES BELIEVING

Romans 1:16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth [present active]; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Gentile).

MY GOSPEL

Romans 16:25  Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

PAUL’S GOSPEL

2 Thessalonians 2:14  Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

GOD WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND

Romans 11:29  For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. (gifts and calling are for the saved)

GIFTS MINISTER TO THE BODY

Romans 12:6-8  Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy,   7  Or ministry,  teaching;  8  … exhortation: he that giveth, he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

ONLY THE SAVED ARE CALLED

2 Timothy 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, …

CALLED TO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY

1 Thessalonians 2:12  That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

FRIENDS OF GOD

Romans 11:30  For as ye (Gentiles) in times past have not believed [obey] God, yet have now obtained mercy [aorist passive] through their (Israel) unbelief [disobedience]:

NOW GENTILES OBTAINED MERCY

1 Peter 2:10  Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

CHOSEN BY GOD’S MERCY

Romans 9:15-16, 18  For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.  16  So then it is not of him that willeth, …  18  Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

NOT CHARGEABLE

Luke 18:13-14  And the publican, …  smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified (unchargeable)